Find Books to Check Out in the Library Catalog

Sample Searches

Sample Searches:

global warming AND atmosphere

Use AND between two or more terms to find materials with all the terms. Searching for global warming AND atmosphere will only include books that have both global warming and atmosphere in their contents.

global warming OR climate change

Use OR between similar terms. Searching for global warming OR climate change will find books that refer to either term.

"climate change"

Use quotation marks ( " " ) around specific phrases such as "climate change" to find the words in that specific order.

pollut*

Use an asterisk ( * ) to find multiple endings of one word. Using pollut* as a search term will include results that refer to pollute, pollutes, polluted, polluting, and pollution.

eBooks

Here are a few places you can find eBooks, just remember that you will have to login with your myNOVA usernameand password (the same ones you use to access Blackboard, student email, etc.). More information on downloading eBooks.